Really, Rapunzel Needed a Haircut!: The Story of Rapunzel as Told

I WAS A HORRIBLE OLD
WITCH, LOCKING DEAR
SWEET RAPUNZEL IN
THAT TALL, TALL TOWER.
YOU DON’T KNOW THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.
WELL, LET ME
TELL YOU ...
The Story of
RAPUNZEL
as Told by
DAME GOTHEL
Reinforced Library Binding
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Really, RAPUNZEL NEEDED A HAIRCUT! The Story of RAPUNZEL as Told by DAME GOTHEL
OF COURSE YOU THINK
GUNDERSON
REALLY, RAPUNZEL
NEEDED A HAIRCUT!
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The Story of
as Told by
RAPUNZEL DAME GOTHEL
by
Jessica Gunderson
illustrated by
Denis Alonso
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Let me tell you, it’s lonely being a witch.
When folks find out what I am, they steer clear.
I have no friends at all. Not one. It’s unfair, really.
A sweet girl with beautiful hair once lived with me. And
I used to have a fantastic garden. (Neither the girl nor
the plants cared one whit that I was a witch.) My flowers
bloomed bright and tall. My radishes were to die for. But,
sadly, I haven’t seen the girl or my garden in a while. It all
started when a neighbor tried to steal my radishes ...
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“My wife is going to have a baby,” my neighbor stammered.
“And she craves your radishes. She swears if she doesn’t
get them, she’ll just die!”
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Here’s how it went:
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“OK,” I said. “But what will you give me in return? I can
get a pretty penny for these at the Farmers’ Market,
you know.”
“But I have no money. Not a single dime!” he whined.
“Maybe I’ll give you our baby? We can always have more,
I guess.”
Of course I agreed. A baby would be better than gold!
It would cure my loneliness!
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Radishes.
The girl had good taste.
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When the time came, the man brought baby
Rapunzel to me. I raised Rapunzel as my
own daughter and gave her anything she
wanted from my garden: turnips, potatoes,
berries, cucumbers ... But do you know
what her favorite food was?
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All those vegetables helped Rapunzel’s
hair grow long and red. She sang sweet
songs as she helped me tend the garden.
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The longer Rapunzel’s hair grew, the more she
loved it. She washed it and combed it and brushed
it and braided it. And then she washed it again.
You have no idea how much I spent on shampoo.
WELL, LET ME
TELL YOU ...
The Story of
RAPUNZEL
as Told by
DAME GOTHEL
Reinforced Library Binding
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Really, RAPUNZEL NEEDED A HAIRCUT! The Story of RAPUNZEL as Told by DAME GOTHEL
I WAS A HORRIBLE OLD
WITCH, LOCKING DEAR
SWEET RAPUNZEL IN
THAT TALL, TALL TOWER.
YOU DON’T KNOW THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.
GUNDERSON
OF COURSE YOU THINK
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REALLY, RAPUNZEL
NEEDED A HAIRCUT!
,
Y
L
L
REA
The Story of
as Told by
RAPUNZEL DAME GOTHEL
by
Jessica Gunderson
illustrated by
Denis Alonso